Yawatahama Station | |
| Native Name: | 八幡浜駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Style: | JR Shikoku |
| Address: | 1-11-5 Edooka, Yawatahama City, Ehime Prefecture 796-0031 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Distance: | from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
| Tracks: | 3 + several passing loops and sidings |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Parking: | Available |
| Accessible: | No - footbridge needed to access island platform |
| Code: | U18 |
| Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
| Passengers: | 2038 |
| Pass Year: | FY2019 |
| Map Type: | Japan Ehime Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Yawatahama Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U18".[1]
Yawatahama Station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 262.8 km from the beginning of the line at . Eastbound local trains which serve the station terminate at . Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line.[2]
In addition, the Uwakai limited express also stops at the station.[2]
The station consists of an island platform and a side platform serving three tracks. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. The station building houses a waiting room, shops, a JR ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi facility) and a JR Travel Centre (Warp Plaza). Car parking and car rental is available at the station. There is a passing loop between tracks 2 and 3, in between the side and island platform and several sidings are located south of the station beyond track 3.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Yawatahama Station was opened on 6 February 1939 as the western terminus of the then Yosan Mainline which had been extended westwards from . It became a through-station on 20 June 1945 when the track of the Yosan Mainline linked up with the track of the then Uwajima Line at, allowing through-traffic from to . At that time, the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways (JGR), later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.